Sailing on Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Describe a disappointment from your life. - I made a goal to graduate from my undergrad with a 3.8 or higher GPA. It was very disappointing to go from an A honor roll student all my life to receiving my first C in a course. However, I found this lesson vital in humbling myself. Without my undergrad set back I could never have identified my academic weaknesses and improved on them. I also would have never experienced what it feels like to truly fail. I was used to feeling perfect. I viewed li...

NUC correct answersVessel not under command RAM correct answersRestricted ability to manuever CBD correct answersConstrained by draft Is a lookout always required? When is one not required? correct answersYes, unless there is a working radar onboard. Safe Speed correct answersOne in which a vessel can properly avoid condition. Also, stop in half the distance of visibility. What is considered risk of collision correct answersAs long as two vessels are approaching eachother (one or ...

When sailing, always be aware of the wind's ______ and _______ speed, direction The desirable force generate______. lift The direction relative to the wind in which the sailboat cannot sail is called the_______. no-sail zone Sailboats can reach an upwind destination by sailing a _______ course. zig zag The point of sail at the edge of a no-sail zone is called_________. close-hauled A boat sailing across the wind is said to be __________. reaching Sailing straight downwind is called ________. ru...

Robert Smalls - ️️Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army Ten Percent Plan - ️️Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southe...

New Jersey Practice Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct A capacity plate shows the Maximum horsepower and weight allowed What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers that are displayed on a boat 3" If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or recovered, the owner must notify the agency which issued the certificate within this many days 15 On a federally documented boat, it must have this number permanently affixed in block type, Arabi...

Swooshing Arrow - Answer-Return to good situational awareness Caduceus - Answer-Rating insignia for the Hospital Corps Sickbay - Answer-Where sick and inured men were taken for care Cockpit - Answer-Another name for sickbay Surgeon Steward - Answer-1st enlisted rate requiring specific qualification Medal of Honor - Answer-Highest military decoration Distinguished Service Cross - Answer-2nd highest military decoration (Army and previously the Air force) Navy Cross - Answer-2nd highest mili...

UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Exam Questions And Answers Robert Smalls - ANS Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union A...

bow correct answers Front of a vessel stern correct answers Rear of a vessel starboard correct answers Right side of a vessel Port correct answers Left side of a vessel Hull correct answers Body of a vessel Gunwale correct answers Upper edge of a vessel's side Cleat correct answers Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened Propeller correct answers Rotates and powers a boat forward or backward Beam correct answers Maximum width of a vessel Freeboard correct answer...

Bering Strait correct answers Strait connecting the Pacific and Arctic Oceans b/w Russia and Alaska Vikings correct answers Find America, keep it unknown (Eric the Red, Leif Ericson) Feudalism correct answers Hierarchy caused isolation and local perspective, close minded, system of gov't that is completely decentralized Crusades correct answers 1. 10992. Last End of 13th centReasons: Discovery, Curiosity, Adventure Marco Polo correct answers Went to China in 1271 Columbus correct...

You are sailing on the ocean and you see the North Star (Polaris) appearing exactly half way between the horizon and a spot directly above you. You are: - at a latitude of 45 degrees N In order to be considered a scientific theory, an idea must be: - thoroughly testes over a considerable time period and be verified by many observations If you are at the coordinates 20ºS and 35ºE, where are you? - Africa How many 'named' oceans are there? - 5 You are at sea and observe that when the sun...